Our Events

Besides hosting this website and publishing a monthly magazine, BeerAdvocate (BA) has organized and hosted hundreds of social gatherings, tastings, pairings, beer dinners, educational events, fundraisers and founded two beer weeks since its inception in 1996.

We've also hosted over 60 ticketed beer festivals since 2003, ranging from intimate 500 person VIP sessions to two-day, three-session fests that pull over 15,000 attendees from around the globe.

Inspired by our motto "Respect Beer®," and unlike far too many other beer fests, we pay for the beer and waive booth fees to further support and respect brewers and their work. To date we've spent well-over $2 million on beer poured at our fests. Furthermore, brewer attendance is required to ensure the highest level of representation and education for our attendees.